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A highlight of the Miles City Chamber of Commerce’s annual convention is the awarding of plaques for outstanding employee and community services, according to out-going Chamber President Michelle Simpson. Applications for the various awards are available at the Chamber office. The deadline for submitting applications is Jan. 11, 1983. The banquet is scheduled Jan. 21 at the Elks Club.

DEAR ABBY: I started seeing a new doctor six months ago to be treated for a serious medical condition. I respect his medical opinion and the fact that many doctors treating my condition would be judgmental and lack compassion. He has offered both.

The election of Doug Jones in Alabama delivered much joy to Democrats, and they rightly heralded the huge African-American turnout, without which Jones would not have won. But Democrats should have stopped there. Some of their prominent voices went further with the theme that black voters did them a favor.

At the end of December, 1917, a man named Fred Mehls, described in the Miles City Daily Star of Dec. 29, 1917, as “a Powder River rancher, a native of Germany, but for 11 years a resident of this country,” was tried before the United States Commissioner on charges of sedition.

Igave a haircut to the vacuum cleaner. It came to a grounding halt upon the carpet one afternoon as it was supposedly picking up the crumbs that had been dropped. I soon noted, it was not picking them up, but rather, the same flecks appeared to be jumping from one spot to another upon the floor. Becoming suspect that something wasn’t working as it should, I began looking into the problem.

DEAR ABBY: I have been married for three years to a woman who is very beautiful inside and out. (We have been together for six years.) Recently, I found out she is addicted to pain meds — and two months ago she confided that she had gotten hooked on heroin.

Last week, Democrats and many in the mainstream media became highly perturbed by the Trump administration’s suggestion that the United States might tie continued foreign aid to support for its agenda abroad. Foreign dictators agreed. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who spent the last year arresting dissidents, announced, “Mr. Trump, you cannot buy Turkey’s democratic free will with your dollars, our decision is clear.”

DEAR ABBY: I have been married for 18 years and have two wonderful kids, ages 14 and 12. Ten months ago, my husband said to me, “I told you I would divorce you if you ever got fat.” I was shocked! Yes, I have gained some weight over the years, but at 5 feet 5 inches tall and 150 pounds, I was not exactly obese. I was frightened by what he said, so I took off 25 pounds.